Date of Birth: 27/09/1878
Place of Birth: Kapunda, South Australia, Australia
Date of Death: 20/08/1952
Place of Death: Haberfield, New South Wales, Australia
Parliamentary Service
| Member of the NSW Legislative Council |
21 Dec 1925 |
22 Apr 1934 |
8 years 4 months 2 days |
Life Appointment under the Constitution Act. Date of Writ of Summons 21 December 1925 |
Political Party Activity
Australian Labor Party (ALP). Nominee to the Legislative Council, voted independently.
Qualifications, occupations and interests
Engineer and company promoter. Educated in a public school and and Christian Brothers College in Adelaide. In youth worked for a farmer at Terowrie, South Australia; moved to other districts then to the Western Coast of Tasmania; at a later time in Sydney became associated with a firm dealing in tractors; engineer with Australian Institute of Engineers; as their representative in Queensland met Thomas Purcell who later financed Purcell Engineering Company Limited, of which Malone was managing director until 1928; also director of Engineer and Saw Mill Supply Company Limited, and Australian Ball and Roller Bearing Company Limited; visited United States of America in 1927 in a move to establish motor car manufacturing in Australia; promoter and managing director of Australian Made Motor Cars and Aeroplanes Limited; in partnership with W.H White as consulting engineers from 1934 until 1936; held share in mining company at Sofala. Member of Australian Jockey Club.
Membership of other Parliaments & Offices Held
Local Government Activity
Personal
Son of Daniel Malone, station master, and Elizabeth Kiely. Married Catherine Mary Balfe on 15 August 1904 and had issue, 3 daughters and 3 sons. Roman Catholic. Funeral at Rookwood cemetery from the Roman Catholic church of St Joan of Arc at Haberfield.
